The rock’s easy, but the roll is another thing.
KEITH RICHARDSI read the Bible sometimes, but it bores me to death. I just want to know what other people find so bloody fascinating.
More Keith Richards Quotes
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When you are growing up there are two institutional places that affect you most powerfully: the church, which belongs to God, and the public library, which belongs to you.
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I never sleep alone. If there is no one to sleep next to, I’ll sleep next to a stuffed animal. It makes me feel secure and safe. It’s a little embarrassing to admit it; I’m an old man now. It’s important to me though.
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It’s an addiction and addiction is something I should know something about.
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Everyone talks about rock these days; the problem is they forget about the roll.
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I’ve never had my hair cut by anybody, I do it all myself.
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I don’t trust doctors. It’s not to say there ain’t some good ones, but on a general level, no, I wouldn’t trust ’em at all.
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Everybody starts by imitating their heroes. For me it was Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters.
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I have no idea what the audience makes of me.
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If you’re going to kick authority in the teeth, you might as well use both feet.
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We all have our own personal laboratories. Life is an experiment, and it’s just a matter of getting the alchemical or chemical combination right.
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If you’re cool, you don’t know nothing about it. It just is, or you ain’t.
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But I’ve always felt very comfortable on stage, even if I screw up. It always felt like a dog, this is my turf, piss around it. While I’m here, nothing else can happen. All I can do is screw up. Otherwise, have a good time.
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I’m all for a quiet life. I just didn’t get one.
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When I listen to what I did under the influence – 10 years of work – I don’t think it either enhanced or impaired me. It didn’t have that much to do with it.
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True friends. Hardest thing to find, but you never look for them – they found you ; you just grow into each other
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